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WMPZ
WMPZ (93.5 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Harrison, Tennessee, broadcasting to the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. WMPZ airs an urban adult contemporary music format branded as "G93", and is owned by Brewer Media. Its studios are located just south of downtown Chattanooga, and its transmitter is located in Red Bank. WMPZ's previous formats included Urban Oldies, Gospel, & Smooth Jazz. On January 4, 2022, the station rebranded as "G93" and replaced the syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, which it had carried for more than a decade, with The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. References External linksWMPZ official website* MPZ MPZ or mpz may refer to: * Myelin protein zero, a single membrane glycoprotein which in humans is encoded by the MPZ gene * MPZ, the DS100 code for Penzberg station, Bavaria, Germany * MPZ, the IATA and FAA LID code for Mount Pleasant Municipal Ai ... Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States {{Tennessee-radio-sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, it also extends into Marion County, Tennessee, Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee's fourth-largest city and one of the two principal cities of East Tennessee, along with Knoxville, Tennessee, Knoxville. It anchors the Chattanooga metropolitan area, Tennessee's fourth-largest metropolitan statistical area, as well as a larger three-state area that includes Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia, and Northeast Alabama. Chattanooga was a crucial city during the American Civil War, due to the multiple railroads that converge there. After the war, the railroads allowed for the city to grow into one of the Southeastern United States' largest heavy industrial hubs. Today, major industry that drives the economy includes automotive, advanced manufacturing, food and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WALV-FM
WALV-FM (95.3 FM, "ESPN Chattanooga") is a sports formatted radio station licensed to Ooltewah, Tennessee, United States, and serves the Chattanooga area. The station is currently owned by J. L. Brewer Broadcasting of Cleveland, LLC. and airs programming from ESPN Radio. WALV-FM has their home studio at the Chattanooga offices of Brewer Broadcasting at 1305 Carter Street, along with sister stations Power 94 and Groove 93. Its transmitter is located in Signal Mountain. History The station first signed on as WQNE, a religious format on February 27, 1980. The format used until 1984, when it became an adult contemporary format as WALV, known as "Alive 95". WALV was Chattanooga's dominant affiliate for Rick Dees Weekly Top 40. The adult contemporary format continued throughout the 1980s and the 1990s. By the early-2000s, WALV's adult contemporary format became a hot adult contemporary format. The "Alive 95" name was used for 22 years in total. The station then carried the Jack F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJTT
WJTT (94.3 FM) is a radio station serving the Chattanooga area. The station operates an Urban Contemporary format and is branded as Power 94. They are owned by Brewer Broadcasting and is licensed to Red Bank, Tennessee Red Bank is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 11,899 at the 2020 census . Red Bank is an enclave, being entirely surrounded by the city limits of Chattanooga. Red Bank is part of the Chattanooga, TN- GA, Metr .... Its studios are located just south of downtown Chattanooga, and its transmitter is located in Red Bank. History WSIM FM was licensed in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, and it was physically located in Red Bank, TN. Owned by Roberta Davis, WSIM-FM operated first as a true album-oriented station. Anything was playable, except country, bluegrass, and any songs that would violate FCC regulations. In the mid- to late-1970s, WSIM-FM provided a format that concentrated on new music at the time. It was the first station i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison, Tennessee
Harrison is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,902 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chattanooga metropolitan area. Harrison Bay State Park, the Hamilton County Landfill, Bear Trace Golf Course, a course designed by Jack Nicklaus, and Skull Island, a recreational area owned by TVA, are all located in Harrison. Geography Harrison is located at (35.119296, -85.149487). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (20.57%) is water. History The town developed southeast of Vann's Ferry (Vann Town), a ferry crossing established by James Vann, a prominent Cherokee trader and planter. It was later named Harrison after President William Henry Harrison and became the seat of Hamilton County in 1840. The county seat was later moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, after the Civil War.Charles McGehee Wake of the Flood PhD diss 1985 The first post office was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Oldies
Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on their playlists, and generally include some mix of contemporary R&B and traditional R&B (while urban oldies stations emphasize only the latter). Urban adult contemporary playlists generally consist of many different genres that originated amongst Black Americans including R&B, soul, funk, disco, jazz, pop, hip-hop, electro, quiet storm, gospel, new jack swing, and hip-hop soul. Summary The format usually plays some classic R&B hits, as well as hits that are ten years old or more. Classic dance music also has a great impact in this format. Disc jockeys use a more relaxed sound than their younger counterparts. News and current events have a major impact on the older audience. Around the evening, urban AC stations play smooth jazz an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rickey Smiley
Broderick Dornell Smiley (born August 10, 1968) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, and radio personality, known for his prank phone calls. The calls feature Smiley disguising his voice and carrying on a conversation with the recipient of the call. He is the host of the nationally syndicated ''Rickey Smiley Morning Show'' based in Atlanta from its flagship affiliate WHTA "Hot 107.9". Smiley has starred in sitcom '' The Rickey Smiley Show'', which aired on TV One. He is also a featured columnist on the Fox-produced tabloid nationally-syndicated show '' Dish Nation''. In 2015, Smiley started appearing on ''Rickey Smiley For Real'', a reality television series about his life. Career Smiley appeared as the host of the 2000 season of BET's '' ComicView'' program. He has also appeared on '' Showtime at the Apollo'', HBO's '' Def Comedy Jam'', HBO's ''Snaps'', ''The Nashville Network'', '' Uptown Comedy Club'', and ''Comic Escape''. His original comedy routin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Joyner Morning Show
The ''Tom Joyner Morning Show'' is an American nationally syndicated radio program, hosted by veteran broadcaster Tom Joyner. The program, which aired on Urban contemporary- and Urban adult contemporary-formatted stations across the United States, ran from January 3, 1994 until December 13, 2019. Overview The program aired live Monday through Friday for four hours, beginning at 6:00 AM Eastern time and was based in Dallas, Texas, where Joyner was previously the local morning host at KKDA-FM. The program remained in Dallas until the mid-2010s, when Joyner began hosting remotely from South Florida after relocating to that area. The show's format featured Joyner and various contributors reporting and discussing the latest news and sports of the day alongside popular R&B songs from the 1970s through the present-day. The weekly best-of compilation was offered to affiliated stations on weekends under the title ''Tom Joyner's Right Back at 'Cha''. Southwest Airlines was a prominent s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smooth Jazz
Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially-oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s. History Smooth jazz is a commercially oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 1980s, displacing the more venturesome jazz fusion from which it emerged. It avoids the improvisational "risk-taking" of jazz fusion, emphasizing melodic form and much of the music was initially "a combination of jazz with easy-listening pop music and lightweight R&B". During the mid-1970s in the United States it was known as "smooth radio", and was not termed "smooth jazz" until the 1980s. Notable artists The mid- to late-1970s included songs “ Breezin'" as performed by another smooth jazz pioneer, guitarist George Benson in 1976, the instrumental composition " Feels So Good" by flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione, in 1978, " What You Won't Do for Love" by Bobby Caldwell along with his debut album was released the same year, jazz fusi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gospel Music
Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music, and a cornerstone of Christian media. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is composed and performed for many purposes, including aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, and as an entertainment product for the marketplace. Gospel music is characterized by dominant vocals and strong use of harmony with Christian lyrics. Gospel music can be traced to the early 17th century. Hymns and sacred songs were often repeated in a call and response fashion, heavily influenced by ancestral African music. Most of the churches relied on hand-clapping and foot-stomping as rhythmic accompaniment. Most of the singing was done a cappella.Jackson, Joyce Marie. "The changing nature of gospel music: A southern case study." ''African American Review'' 29.2 (1995): 185. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. October 5, 2010. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Station
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio station, while in satellite radio the radio waves are broadcast by a satellite in Earth orbit. To receive the content the listener must have a broadcast radio receiver (''radio''). Stations are often affiliated with a radio network which provides content in a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both. Radio stations broadcast with several different types of modulation: AM radio stations transmit in AM ( amplitude modulation), FM radio stations transmit in FM (frequency modulation), which are older analog audio standards, while newer digital radio stations transmit in several digital audio standards: DAB (digital audio broadcasting), HD radio, DRM ( Digital Radio Mondiale). Television bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Bank, Tennessee
Red Bank is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 11,899 at the 2020 census . Red Bank is an enclave, being entirely surrounded by the city limits of Chattanooga. Red Bank is part of the Chattanooga, TN- GA, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Red Bank was originally known as "Pleasant Hill". When a post office was established in the community in 1881, however, it was asked to adopt a new name, since the name "Pleasant Hill" was already taken.History of Red Bank Community Red Bank official website. Retrieved: April 17, 2017. The name "Red Bank" was chosen by the wife of the first postmaster, George Hartman. It was inspired by the red clay ridge that was visible from a window in her house. In 1955, the communities of Red Bank and White Oak incorporated as a single town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
